Mastering America: Southern slaveholders and the crisis of American nationhood

Mastering America recounts efforts of "proslavery nationalists" to navigate the nineteenth-century geopolitics of imperialism, federalism, and nationalism and to articulate themes of American mission in overtly proslavery terms. At the heart of this study are spokesmen of the Southern &quo...

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Main Author: Bonner, Robert E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge University Press 2009
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Cambridge studies on the American South
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Summary:Mastering America recounts efforts of "proslavery nationalists" to navigate the nineteenth-century geopolitics of imperialism, federalism, and nationalism and to articulate themes of American mission in overtly proslavery terms. At the heart of this study are spokesmen of the Southern "Master Class" who crafted a vision of American destiny that put chattel slavery at its center. --from publisher description.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:XXI, 346 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780521833950
9780521541770

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